Borderlands 2

Borderlands 2 is the epic sequel to the ultimate four-player role-playing shooter loot fest. Combining invention and evolution, Borderlands 2 features all-new characters, skills, environments, enemies, weapons and equipment, which come together in an ambitiously crafted story. Players will reveal secrets, and escalate mysteries of the Borderlands universe as they adventure across the unexplored new areas of Pandora.

Latest Articles for Borderlands 2

When we say "gearing up for the weekend," we usually mean putting on our best threads and priming our livers for lots of beer. Not like Borderlands 2, which apparently seeks to gear up quite literally by outfitting its players in the latest in shotgun and grenade technology. Why, in the lead-up to Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt, it might even allow you a stylish, jaunty-angled hat to go with all that bullymong-killing. Read More »

Captain Scarlett brought pirates' booty and Mr. Torgue created carnage, but neither continued the story of the core Borderlands 2 campaign. The third DLC installment, Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt, assumes you've already defeated Handsome Jack and are ready to travel to a new continent and face a cult of tribals who worship him as a fallen martyr. As such, this shoot-n-loot fest is recommended for vault hunters level 30 and above, and during an extended hands-on preview, my battered and bruised level 34 Zero found out why: This is the most challenging adventure Pandora has ever offered. Read More »

Loot-based games have always been about hunting down the biggest and baddest weaponry out there. Often, those items drop from the biggest and baddest enemies. The folks at Gearbox know this, so that's why their next DLC for Borderlands 2 will bring the Vault Hunters on a hunting trip. At least, that is if the title is indicative of anything. As reported by Joystiq, it's called "Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt." Read More »

Were you perhaps thinking of picking up XCOM: Enemy Unknown? Or perhaps looting the crap out of Borderlands 2? Wait right there. If you can hold off till the weekend, you'll get a sweet 35% off discount code through Green Man Gaming. That's an offer that I'm sure our resident greenie, Spy Guy, will approve of. Read More »

Achievements -- you just can't trust 'em. Share your secret plans for the future with them and the next thing you know they're blabbing to every Tom, Dick, and Harry. They outed Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty, and now it appears they've ruined the surprise about Borderlands 2's next expansion, Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage. Read More »

Features

All-New Characters and Classes: Choose from all new characters and classes including the Gunzerker, who can dual-wield any two weapons in the game. Dual machine guns? Cool. Dual rocket launchers? Of course! Dual Sniper Rifles? Sure, if that's your thing! More tactical perhaps? There are multiple classes to choose from!

Play Online with Friends: Share your adventures with friends through a seamless system enabling you to drop in and drop out of a campaign without ever having to restart the game.

World Connected Story: Left for dead in the frozen tundra of Pandora, begin your quest of revenge and redemption as the story drives you closer to the Hyperion Corporation and its evil founder, Handsome Jack.

New Badass Gun System: Millions upon millions of possible weapons means tons of new and innovative ways to engage foes on Pandora. Fire, electricity, corrosive acid, and more will all be at your disposal.

87 Bazillion...Everything: It's not just guns on Pandora, you will lust after procedurally generated shields,grenades, alien artifacts, class mods and much, much more.

Brand new environments: From the arctic tundra, through the dangerous grasslands, past the mysterious corrosive caverns to beyond, discover more of the unpredictable world of Pandora at every turn!

Brand new enemies: Hulking, gorilla-like Bullymongs, vicious predatory Stalkers and the Hyperion mechanical army, run by Handsome Jack, are just some of the new enemies you will face.